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Age Check Certification Scheme (ACCS)
The Age Check Certification Scheme (ACCS) is a UKAS-accredited conformity assessment body, comprised of auditors, certification specialists, and data protection experts. We independently test and certify online and offline systems that check age and identity, such as passport scanners, biometric technology, and age verification software.
Age Check Certification Scheme (ACCS) Biometrics News
Biometrics emerge as likely age assurance option as Australian gov’t rules out ID docs
Kids in Australia may find themselves scrambling to create as many social media accounts as they can before the end…
| Nov 25, 2024 | Should app stores be responsible for age assurance? Meta says yes but experts disagreeSocial media platforms are not fond of age assurance measures as a rule, but Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook,… |
| Nov 25, 2024 | Rush to pass Australia age verification law causing outcryThe Australian government is hitting the gas in its drive to require age verification measures for social media and porn… |
| Nov 22, 2024 | Australia’s debate on age verification for social media reaches ParliamentThe Australian government has introduced a bill in parliament that aims to ban social media for children under 16. The… |
| Nov 20, 2024 | DefAI Project aims to give age assurance its own dedicated deepfake detection toolkitDeepfake detection, not so long ago guarding a niche corner of the internet, has erupted into a veritable battle royal,… |
| Nov 19, 2024 | Age assurance regulations risk coming too soon as global trials collect dataIn the ongoing policy tug-of-war over age verification measures for pornographic websites, it may be a classic case of premature… |
| Nov 15, 2024 | ACCS wins contract to run Australia’s age assurance trialAustralia has awarded a tender to run an age assurance trial to a consortium led by the UK-based Age Check… |
| Oct 28, 2024 | New ACCS evaluation of Yoti age estimation shows shows further accuracy gainYoti has scored a compliance win for its facial age estimation (FAE) software. A blog from the age assurance and… |
| Jul 22, 2024 | Incode age assurance gets stamp of approval from ACCSIncode Technologies has announced that their Incode Identity Platform product has received certification under the Age Check Certification Scheme (ACCS)…. |
| May 30, 2024 | Biometric age estimation graduates with high marks from NIST, ACCSThe inaugural evaluation of biometric age estimation technologies previewed at the Global Age Assurance Standards Summit 2024 has been published…. |
| May 8, 2024 | Biometric age estimation shows maturity with ITL milestone, PixLab launch, Incode testingThe market for biometric age estimation is heating up as laws and regulations are enacted and debated all over the… |
| Apr 19, 2024 | Age Assurance Standards, solutions and dialogue gain ground at Global SummitAn unprecedented gathering of stakeholders gathered in the UK to discuss the standards and technologies behind age assurance methods, including… |
| Apr 15, 2024 | Age assurance tech is ready now, and international standards are on their wayThe Global Age Assurance Standards Summit has wrapped up, culminating in a set of assertions, a seven-point call-to-action and four… |
| Apr 9, 2024 | Age assurance standards progress towards consensus, away from ‘biometrics’Age assurance processes like facial age estimation do not require the isolation and processing of personal identifiers, unlike biometric identification…. |
| Feb 28, 2024 | Age checks are here and increasing fast; the race to strike privacy balance is onAny system for the online age checks that are being introduced for access to pornography and other online content will… |
| Feb 14, 2024 | ComplyCube receives UK certification for biometric age verificationIdentity verification provider ComplyCube, announced it has received the Age Check Certification Scheme (ACCS) Technical Requirements for Age Check Systems… |
| Jan 31, 2024 | Privately, ACCS, Idiap and AVPA join forces to protect age estimation from generative AIGenerative AI services are emerging that can potentially be used to thwart online facial age estimation systems, just as those… |
| Dec 18, 2023 | Google receives certificate for facial age estimation in the UKGoogle has received a certificate of conformity for its facial age estimation technology that could help it prevent children from… |
| Nov 3, 2023 | Age verification is rising and euConsent wants to be a global solutionAs countries such as the UK, the U.S. and Australia have been introducing or considering age verification regulation, the European… |
| Oct 4, 2023 | Luciditi prepares to launch first accredited digital ID for proof of age in UKThe first proof of age credential accredited by the UK’s regulatory scheme, made by Luciditi, is being prepared to launch… |
Brand Focus: Age Check Certification Scheme (ACCS)
ITL’s MyCheckr: a step forward in age estimation
A simple addition of biometrics-based automation to age checks when purchasing age restricted goods could reduce violent incidents, along with…
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Watch: Age verification: Lessons learned from the UK
Governments around the world are increasingly enacting legislation to ensure that there are adequate safeguards to protect children from accessing…
